Fall 2006 Courses

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101. Introduction to Psychology
Richmond Thompson T 10:00 - 11:25, TH 10:00 - 11:25
A general introduction to the major concerns of contemporary psychology, including physiological psychology, perception, learning, cognition, language, development, personality, intelligence, and abnormal and social behavior. Recommended for first- and second-year students. Juniors and seniors should enroll in the spring semester.
101. Introduction to Psychology
Louisa Slowiaczek T 1:00 - 2:25, TH 1:00 - 2:25
A general introduction to the major concerns of contemporary psychology, including physiological psychology, perception, learning, cognition, language, development, personality, intelligence, and abnormal and social behavior. Recommended for first- and second-year students. Juniors and seniors should enroll in the spring semester.
101. Introduction to Psychology
Suzanne Lovett M 2:30 - 3:55, W 2:30 - 3:55
A general introduction to the major concerns of contemporary psychology, including physiological psychology, perception, learning, cognition, language, development, personality, intelligence, and abnormal and social behavior. Recommended for first- and second-year students. Juniors and seniors should enroll in the spring semester.
210. Infant and Child Development
Samuel Putnam M 1:30 - 2:25, W 1:30 - 2:25, F 1:30 - 2:25
A survey of major changes in psychological functioning from conception through childhood. Several theoretical perspectives are used to consider how physical, personality, social, and cognitive changes jointly influence the developing child’s interactions with the environment.
211. Personality
Barbara Held M 10:30 - 11:25, W 10:30 - 11:25, F 10:30 - 11:25
A comparative survey of theoretical and empirical attempts to explain personality and its development. The relationships of psychoanalytic, interpersonal, humanistic, and behavioral approaches to current research are considered.
217. Neuropsychology
Paul Lipton T 1:00 - 3:55
An introduction to the brain basis of behavior,concentrating on the contributions from studies of brain damaged and brain dysfunctional patients. Focuses on the contributions of neurology and experimental and clinical neuropsychology to the understanding of normal cognitive processes. Topics include neuroanatomy, amnesia, aphasia, agnosia, and attentional disorders, in particular those implicated in various spatial neglect syndromes.
251. Research Design in Psychology
Paul Schaffner M 2:30 - 3:25, W 2:30 - 3:25, F 2:30 - 3:25
A systematic study of the scientific method as it underlies psychological research. Topics include prominent methods used in studying human and animal behavior, the logic of causal analysis, experimental and non-experimental designs, issues in internal and external validity, pragmatics of careful research, and technical writing of research reports.
252. Data Analysis
Suzanne Lovett M 11:30 - 12:55, W 11:30 - 12:55
An introduction to the use of descriptive and inferential statistics and design in behavioral research. Weekly laboratory work in computerized data analysis. Required of majors no later than the junior year, and preferably by the sophomore year.
LAB
Suzanne Lovett TH 1:00 - 3:55
An introduction to the use of descriptive and inferential statistics and design in behavioral research. Weekly laboratory work in computerized data analysis. Required of majors no later than the junior year, and preferably by the sophomore year.
270. Laboratory in Cognition
Louisa Slowiaczek T 10:00 - 11:25, TH 10:00 - 11:25
An analysis of research methodology and experimental investigations in cognition, including such topics as auditory and sensory memory, visual perception, attention and automaticity, retrieval from working memory, implicit and explicit memory, metamemory, concept formation and reasoning. Weekly laboratory sessions allow students to collect and analyze data in a number of different areas of cognitive psychology.
274. Laboratory in Group Dynamics
Paul Schaffner M 9:30 - 10:25, W 9:30 - 10:25, F 9:30 - 10:25
Principles and methods of psychological research, as developed in Psychology 251 and 252, are applied to the study of small group interaction. Students design, conduct, and report on social behavior research involving an array of methods to shape and assess interpersonal behavior.
276. Laboratory in Behavioral Neuroscience: Learning and Memory
Seth Ramus M 1:00 - 2:25
Explores current research and theories in the neurobiology of learning and memory by examining the modular organization of the brain with an emphasis on a brain systems-level approach to learning and memory, using both lectures and laboratory work. Memory is not a unitary phenomenon, rather, different parts of the brain are specialized for storing and expressing different kinds of memory. In addition to discussing contemporary research, students use modern neuroscientific methods in the laboratory to demonstrate how different memory systems can be dissociated. Techniques include behavioral, neurosurgical, and histological analysis in vertebrate species.
LAB
Nancy Curtis W 1:00 - 3:55
Explores current research and theories in the neurobiology of learning and memory by examining the modular organization of the brain with an emphasis on a brain systems-level approach to learning and memory, using both lectures and laboratory work. Memory is not a unitary phenomenon, rather, different parts of the brain are specialized for storing and expressing different kinds of memory. In addition to discussing contemporary research, students use modern neuroscientific methods in the laboratory to demonstrate how different memory systems can be dissociated. Techniques include behavioral, neurosurgical, and histological analysis in vertebrate species.
309. Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychotherapy
Barbara Held M 1:00 - 2:25, W 1:00 - 2:25
As conventional assumptions about the discipline of psychology are increasingly challenged, many psychologists are returning to psychology’s roots in philosophy for guidance. Examines the intersection of philosophy and psychology in general, and clinical psychology in particular. Topics include such ontological issues as the nature of personhood, the self, mental health/psychopathology, agency, free will vs. determinism, and change/transformation. Also examines such epistemological issues as the nature of psychological knowledge/truth, self-knowledge, rationality, justification for knowledge claims, and methods for obtaining justified knowledge claims. Emphasizes current debates about what a proper science or study of (clinical) psychology and psychotherapy should be.
315. Hormones and Behavior
Richmond Thompson M 11:30 - 12:55, W 11:30 - 12:55
An advanced discussion of concepts in behavioral neuroendocrinology. Topics include descriptions of the major classes of hormones, their roles in the regulation of development and adult behavioral expression, and the cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for their behavioral effects. Hormonal influences on reproductive, aggressive, and parental behaviors, as well as on cognitive processes are considered.
320. Social Development
Samuel Putnam M 8:30 - 9:25, W 8:30 - 9:25, F 8:30 - 9:25
Research and theory regarding the interacting influences of biology and the environment as they are related to social and emotional development during infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Normative and idiographic development in a number of domains, including morality, aggression, personality, sex roles, peer interaction, and familial relationships are considered.

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